Pleated fabric and garment made of same



June 3, 1952 s} LDMA 2,599,168

PLEATED FABRIC AND GARMENT MADE OF SAME Filed May 16, 1951 aim L I: i i E INVENTOR. a SAMUEL FELDMAN 3WW4M ATTORNEY.

rats 'o'fk'nit and purl stitc Patented June 3, 1952 oFFIeE v I 2;599,1d8 PLEATED time AND GARMENT SAME Samuel Feldman, Forest Hills; N: application May 16, 1951,. Serial No. 226,651;

. 1 Thisinvention relates to a novel knitted fabric and a garment made of the' s trrlie. ,It object of this nvention to produce a knitted fabric which will be formed with periiianerit pleats which will not bergemoved durin the no'rirnal cleaning processor the normal wear of :the'g'arrrient made of thesaidfabric, It is a further object ofthisinyention td prodittie a3 knitted fabric which will be durablefland a we i cts c, It is at: ther object of thislnventio'n to prodiijce ag ay em with a very unusual look.-

J Briefly stated, my invention comprises a fabric composed of resillient yarn which the yarn is formed into a series of bstantially parallel longitudinal, or substantial parallel transverse g and wherein the sa'idro s a e of differingwidths so that the resiliency off the said yarn causesa permanent pleated effect in the said fabric.

Preferably, but not essentially, the alternate parallel rows of knit and purl stitching are longitudinal, and the first rows of a series thereof are of greater width than the last rows.

My invention will be further described by reference to the drawings.

Fig. l is a front perspective diagrammatic view of a garment made of the fabric of this invention as said garment is normally worn.

Fig. 2 is a front view, in diagrammatic form, of a portion of the fabric of this invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the fabric of this invention taken on lines 3--3 of Fig. 2 where due to the length of the fabric the section is broken into three pieces.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a series of permanent pleats in a garment made of the fabric of this invention taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the securing member of a garment made of the fabric of this invention taken on line 55 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the securing member of a garment made of the fabric of this invention taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 1.

There is provided garment II which is made of the fabric l2 comprising this invention.

Garment H is also provided with securing members l3, preferably of elastic material, disposed about the upper portion M of the said garment, so that the garment may be secured to the body of the wearer.

Fabric l2, of which garment II is composed, and which constitutes this invention, is composed of resilient yarn. The said resilient yarn is formed with a number of series l5 of parallel Claims. (creep-177) rows, or. k l -i an pu l iw ina K it S t h n 1 p rnieqtsi tbmt ni per n '8 Qt the ri whi Pur t tchin l 1 projects, fr m t e rear portion 19 of the said fabric. R ws l6 nd I 1 are r 'ab l n itu inal s a th pleats produced; as will be subsequently explained; will also be longitudinal.

v It is pointed o that rows i6 andji'l of knit and purl stitchin'gat the left side of series s are greater in width than rows is al en at the right side of series 15, Thus the stitching at the left side of series i5 is ooser than the stitch ing at the right side er rie l5. since tlie yarn composing fabric 12 ares rent and; since any knitted fabric is under a. certa rijamdum often sion the aer ting widt isof i'bws I 6 and H pl duce' a permanent pleated'ifect in the said fabric. This effect is permanent since it knitted inand neither wrinkling of the fabric wearing, or conventional cleaning and pressing, will remove the said pleats.

In order to improve the appearance of the fabric, although not essential for the practice of this invention, between some of the series I5 of alternate rows of knit and purl stitching, an additional series 23 of longitudinal rows of knit 24 and purl 25 stitching is provided. In this case, however, the rows 24 and 25 are of equal width so that this series doe not produce a pleat. In the preferred modification of this invention one of series 23 is placed between each four of series l5.

It is also pointed out that although the smaller size of rows l6 and I! and stitches 2| and 22 are on the right side of the fabric reversal of this order would not cause the invention to become inoperative. It is also obvious that many changes and modifications would occur to one skilled in the art that would still be within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A fabric composed of resilient yarn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width than the latter rows of each of the said series so that the resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated effect in the said fabric.

2. A fabric composed of resilient arn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width than the latter rows of each of the said series so that the 3 resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated effect in the said fabric, and additional parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching between some of the first named series, the last-named longitudinal rows being of equal width.

3. A fabric composed of resilient yarn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width than the latter rows of each of the said series so that the resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated effect in the said fabric, and additional series of parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching of equal width between each four of the first-named series.

4. A skirt composed of resilient yarn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width than the latter rows of each of the said series so that the resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated effect in the said skirt, and a securing member disposed about the upper portion of the said skirt.

5. A skirt composed of resilient yarn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width'than the latter rows of each of the said series so that the resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated eifect in the said skirt, and additional parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching between some of the first-named series, the last named longitudinal rows being of equal width, and a securing member disposed about the upper portion of the said skirt.

4 6. A skirt composed of resilient yarn comprising a number of parallel longitudinal series of alternate parallel longitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching and wherein the first rows of each of the said series are greater in width than the latter rows of each of the said series so that V the resiliency of the said yarn causes a permanent pleated efiect in the said skirt, additional series of parallellongitudinal rows of knit and purl stitching of equal width between each four of the said first-named series, and a securing member disposed about the upper portion of the said skirt.

SAMUEL FELDMAN.

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